Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1887-12-20
OXFORD COUNTY HORSE NOTES
ASsuAL NETTING on rnK nRrrpERs
Ass0ciArios.--A sALE OF Hiou.nRfi
uoRsss .-soNE oooD oSrs.-pRrrp'
mo on BABY DEANS DAN

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The annual meeting Of the Oxford
County Tro,ting Horse Bf.edsn' Assoei-
alton, for the election Of officers. will be
held At the office Of Besrcr * S,esrns. In
Norway, on the las, Saturday Of this
mon,h. ., two o'e.Oek. =. NJ. AL breed.
81, Of the sqe!ae species should be prss.
ent.
On the 2ist day Of this month there
will be an auction sale Of trotsine bred
stock al the stable Of J. l.. * II. l..
Home. In Norway. Twelve head will
be .oli to the highes, bidder. sons Of
them very high bred and promising. and
any one wanting we'll bred filly to breed
from, should attend this sale. This is
the frs, time ,ha, = eollee,ioa Of valuable
horses was ever offered for sale in this
.,e,ioa. ard much in,eres, IL Eel, in the
result.
Chsrls. Maxim. Of Baekfsld. has .
,hre.yesr.old black gelding got BY samp-
.on'. Surprise. ihs, stands i5t hands
high. 1, stylish aud good gated. sar.
prise was by Gen. Caster. he by Hind'
knoS. .on Of Gen Knox. std 10 . ge,isr
Of good selling colts.
s ". King. Of Paris. informs US that
his colt which ~e mentioned several
week, ago a. two-yesr-old. IL but ons
year old. We saw the colt In pasture
away from home and from bis size We
thought him TO be . two-yssr.old.
Msllsn II. Bsarse. Of Hebron. inform.
ed u. recently ,hs, he bred the Virgil
Bicknell mare. dam Of Baby Dean. trial
2:2Si. Robsit ID. 2:35i. aud Black
Moo.e, 1850 OF ths'eab0uts. Mr.. BeAfes
say. ,ha, the mare was 90. BY con OF
Cobbs Bnndywine, and that her dam
"a. By . son oi Rising Sun ard out OF
IN Eaton mare. Mr.. Bssrcs kep; track
Of the mare though her various owaef-
ship and kaows he' TO to bs The mare
that he raised. lie sold hsr 10 Joel
Foster Of Baekfeld, be TO Ambrose Swan.
Who traded her 10 Edwin u. Gurney.
thea Of Hebron, now Of Dover. Mass,
and he let Clark Foster have her. aud
Foster .o.d her TO Virgil ID. Blcknsll. Of
Baekfsld. She showed slashins gait
when q colt. but Was possessed OF bad
temper which elung TO her through life
aud 20, her into many bad sefsps. -
uncontrolled bad tempsrs are sP. to 90
with their unfortunate Po'sesios. MI
Quincy owned an Eaton mare II the
time that be ,old this mare TO Clark
Foster, and some have thought that !,
sn the Eaton mare ,ha, be ls,
Foster have, bat We wrote Mf. Quincy
10 ascertain the facts. and be says that
he le, Foster have the Brandy mare. and
,h., he KEEP, the E.!on mare until she
died. We have no. yet found out tho
breedins Of the dam Of the sire of the
Bicknell mare. bat the horse himself
VAS said 10 have been . very fas, and
powerful animal ,ha, both pAesd and
iro,,ed, but fell into poor hands aud ~n
used for = saddle horse. lie WAS ova'
ed during the latter par, Of bis life BY .
Poland man, We think. There 10 no
doub, bu, tks, Cobbs BrAndyvine VAS
very fast. and presumably well bred sni-
nal, and II he had lived aud enjoyed s
good opportunities as mAny Of the ''ai'
| Ion, do nowadays, he would undoubtedly
have made = record fSr himself. both on
III. turf aud In the stud. second to no
hor, ,ha, has ever stood in this part OF
Maine. As Il was. he proved TO be the
founder Of . family ,hs, have produced
several very speedy uO,,en. The bay
ssldins C.rsle. Boy. was q grandson Of
this horse and doubtless inheritsd bis
speed In q large measure from his grand
.ire. Careless Boy was, and Is now,
wonderfully f.,, horse, aud had he b.en
handled by such masters Of their profs..
sion q, Doble. Mace. OF Others OF their
ability, who drive TO their records such
horses ss Maud s.. Jsy-Eye.See. etc.
there /. no knowing how fast record be
nigh, have got.
Baby Deans dam. previous TO her be.
ing bred TO Daniel Boone, never vas bred
TO . really frst.elA. sire. Had she uni-
formily been bred TO such. she would no
doub, have been the dam Of several Ia
the $50 list. II is s,rops poin. In .
stallion that H. addition TO bsing fast
himself, he is ou, Of mare tia, produces
speed. Baby Dean s all this, and IL
also by by . sire tha, produces speed.
Jason Russelrs Black Nathan is .
living evidence that Baby Dean 10 him.
self speed producer. for Jason can't
make us believe tha, his colt inherited
the greater portion Of his speed from his
dam. We will remark that Jasoa q
fayori,s horse, Olensrm. l, . uo,ier him.
self aud is ou, Of SKIP, producer ol
tro,,ers, and this Is Why We regard Glen
arm as one OF the leading sirss.
Mr.. George Hicks, OF Boston, advertiser
In the Calliva,or for fAs, road horses. and
states that they must be able to tro; q
mile in from 2:i0 to 2:25. aud We think
tha, this isjus, What the breeders Of Main,
should endesvSf to ptoduce. B'eed
horses that will 20 come for buyers VII
will have no others and are willing q
pay fof the speed I, Is sll well enousl
ior certain writers 10 advise breeding
! strong business horses aud let,ro,ten sloa.
They base their srguemens on the giouns
that 1t 10 90 very seldom that one can &c
. fast tro,isr that IL IL better TO bfee'
si50 TO $500 hoses. Nos the FAC
a = we'll postsd breeder With the mater,
now 1t his commsnl can produce "a
{. trotier ~i,h gre ,,er uniformity than he CT.
: produce the business hops nov iadsnand
= Observation ha, shown us that the breed
ing Of . large ~sll built mare TO lArs
: we'll built stallion do,s no. insure larg
. produce, 70: 1, is likely to take back sfs
: some smalr,n,es,or. Th.rs is no s,sad
: ard Of sifs common 10 any 81 the ho
!, families sxcep. the draft horse aud th
9 pony, bat there sr. families Of horses i
which speed Is possessed Ia common b,
nearly eli Of th-m. and they are ais, =
large AMI well fjfmsd M any VI u
y "dunz. .hilr' families I,is no, nsesssIr
,hs, q h,sss be world bsstsr In ords
I, to sell for good price. A $3.50 hors
; will cell ior double What be would II b
= could no, show four minute gait. Th
: size, style ssd shaps Of horse ese